NFL 8-Time Pro Bowler Getting Suspended For 6 Games

GLENDALE, AZ - NOVEMBER 26: An overall view of NFL game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium on November 26, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

One of the NFL’s premier defensive players will be missing the first six games of the 2019 regular season, according to ESPN insider Adam Schefter.

Patrick Peterson, an eight-time Pro Bowl defensive back, is being suspended by the NFL heading into the 2019 season.

The suspension is for “violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy, league sources told ESPN.”

The Cardinals have a new head coach heading into the 2019 season in Kliff Kingsbury, though he’ll be without arguably his best defensive player for nearly half of the season.

Cardinals’ CB Patrick Peterson now will miss the first six games: Arizona’s regular-season opener vs. the Lions, then games at Baltimore, at home against the Panthers and Seahawks, at Cincinnati and at home against the Falcons.